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While residing at the court of Scopas, king of
Thessaly, he was engaged by that prince to compose
a poem in his honor for an approaching banquet.
Whether Simonides found the exploits of
Scopas too barren a subject for his muse, or that
his piety led him to introduce higher themes, we
do not know; but when the verses were recited
before the assembled court, the praises of Castor
and Pollux were mingled largely with those of his
royal patron.